California’s prize cow,
Juliana de Kol, was brought to the fair in her own private car.She was supplied with two private attendants to supply her every
want. Charles D. Pierce owned Juliana and they were from Stockton, CA.She was a Holstein-Friesan.She broke the record when she was only two years old.Juliana de Kol had the record of producing the greatest quantity
of milk in the seven, thirty, and one hundred day tests.

She arrived on the
Overland Limited, which came all the way from California.She represented her state as the delegate to the National Butter
Makers Convention.

Her private car was decorated in
orange and green, California’s Worlds Fair colors.Her arrival, which was at 5 o’clock in the morning, was
announced with big banners displaying her records and name for all of
the fair goers to see.Hundreds
met her at the station and many were permitted to enter the car to
examine her.Colvin B. Brown, secretary Chamber of Commerce and director
of the Stockton and San Joaquin County exhibits at the World’s Fair,
helped to bring Juliana to the World’s Fair.She disembarked from her car at 9 o’clock in the morning,
covered in a green blanket embroidered with gold braid.After getting off the car, she was led to the cattle barns.On the way she experienced a fright from the hustle and bustle
of the crowds but was soon calmed down by her lifelong attendant.She occupied a private “suite” in the barns that was to be
hers until the end of the Fair.

Juliana was brought to the
Convention to put forth a silent appeal for the next Convention to be
held in her native state of California.Mr. Brown did the talking for the cow during the meeting that
decided the next meeting place.

Reference: St. Louis
Republic, October 23, 1904, p. 8.

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